Frankie Boyle

I've said jokes where I thought people might get up and hit me for this. A couple of people have thought about it. But they didn't. It gives you a lot of power, because if you're on shows where people are worried about getting sacked and you're not, then you're transcendent because you say what other people would like to say.

Scottish Comedian

Jonathan Sacks

We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty.

British Clergyman

William H. Hunt

When language was not transcendental enough to complete the meaning of a revelation, symbols were relied upon for heavenly teaching, and familiar images, chosen from the known, were made to mirror the unknown spiritual truth.

American Public Servant

Gary Hamel

Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor.

American Businessman

John Milton

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

English Poet

Jon Hopkins

Transcendental meditation in particular is very useful in terms of unlocking those deeper parts of the subconscious where ideas are floating.

English Musician

Jessica St. Clair

I make sure to meditate at least twice a day. I have migraines, and transcendental meditation is hugely helpful in combating them.

American Actress

Richard Ashcroft

Life is about unforgettable and transcendent moments, isn't it? The point of music is to get the moment.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental.

Austrian Philosopher

Laura Linney

I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.

Think of 'transcendent' as describing something that's not physically present but exists in thought or spirit.

Abstract Notion

Use 'transcendent' when speaking about experiences that are hard to explain with reason or science.

Mystical Feeling

'Transcendent' can imply something is so superior, it's not even comparable to the usual standards.

Beyond Comparison

Use 'transcendent' to describe something that greatly impresses or overwhelms the senses.

Amazement

In religious or spiritual context, 'transcendent' often describes profound states of meditation or inner experience.

Deep Meditation

Link 'transcendent' to spiritual practices that aim for a realization beyond the ordinary senses.

Spiritual Practice

Connect 'transcendent' with the philosophical ideas about perception and reality.

Philosophical Concept

Understand 'transcendent' within the realm of Kant's philosophy to mean a priori knowledge that shapes experience.

Kantian Thought

 sacred dance and music that would go on for hours and hours until dawn and they were always magnificent because the dancers were professionals and they were terrific right but every once in a while very rarely something would happen and one of these performers would actually become transcendent and I know you know what I'm talking about because I know

Your elusive creative...

 There is two ways to be past-oriented, two ways to be future. You can focus on past-positive, or past-negative. You can be present-hedonistic, namely you focus on the joys of life, or present-fatalist -- it doesn't matter, your life is controlled. You can be future-oriented, setting goals. Or you can be transcendental

Philip Zimbardo: The...

 and you're also passionate about your relationship, this is the only way we know how to do it. And so the final question that we would ask can we collectively bend that happiness chart upwards? It's great that we have these transcendent moments of joy, but they're sometimes pretty quick.

Rufus Griscom and Alisa...

 I made the most difficult and most transcendental decision of my life. Not only did I resign from television, but I had also decided to leave my country. I sold my car, a beat-up little red Volkswagen, came up with some money and said goodbye to my family, to my friends, to my streets,

Jorge Ramos: Why...

 We're losing a ritual. We're losing a ritual that I believe is transformative, transcendent, and is at the heart of the patient-physician relationship. This may actually be heresy to say this at TED, but I'd like to introduce you to the most important innovation, I think, in medicine

Abraham Verghese: A...

 that would go on for hours and hours, until dawn. They were always magnificent, because the dancers were professionals and they were terrific, right? But every once in a while, very rarely, something would happen, and one of these performers would actually become transcendent.

 that only makes you beautiful. She is graceful, she is mysterious and she is transcendent, and those are the central qualities of glamour. You don't see her eyes; they're looking downward. She's not looking away from you exactly, but you have to mentally imagine her world.

Virginia Postrel: The...

 Instead, I began to write about people other than me and things that never really happened. And thus began my life-long passion for writing fiction. So from the very beginning, fiction for me was less of an autobiographical manifestation than a transcendental journey

The politics of fiction...

 of course looking into this incredible place and climbing into this landscape is a transcendent experience for me personally and certainly for dr. Alderfer and also for Corey as well this is a place where one sees the presence of humanity one sees the landscape

Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...

 but a good life. Lying there facing death, he had a reason to love. His sense of belonging within his family, his purpose as a dad, his transcendent meditation, repeating our names -- these, he says, are the reasons why he survived.